This is a photo taken in 2003 of where we would hand wash and dry our laundry. We used rainwater collected in a cistern on the roof. We could wash our clothing most of the year, unless the dry season ran long, when we might be out of water for...
This is a photo taken from my porch after doing some laundry. I do all of my laundry by hand and have to bike one km to get all of my water. So the term "laundry day" is real because it will take me all day!
Photo taken in February 2007 in our compound in Tibati, Cameroon. The family that lived in the same compound as my husband and I taught us so much about life in Cameroon, including how to do our laundry by hand like pros, and how to have fun while...
Taken in 1990. I worked as a nurse on the island of Antigua, West Indies. I handwashed my white uniforms by first soaking them in soapy bleach water in a 5-gallon bucket overnight before scrubbing them by hand, then placing them in another...
This photo was taken of the grandmother who owned the house were I lived. Laundry was done by boiling the whites with lye soap and beating them on the rock at the cistern. If the grandmother and her friends were home when I was doing my laundry,...
Marketing campaigns; Volunteer selection; Volunteer recruitment; Training
Full text of a 1960s brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities as well as the application and selection process. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
Full text of a brochure aimed at recruiting medical doctors to serve as Peace Corps staff physicians. Discusses ways that Peace Corps doctors provided support to both Volunteers and host communities throughout the world. Although no exact date of...